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Onward cover art

Onward

Downpour Interactive · 2025-03-25

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 25, 2025 (SteamVR), Nov 09, 2017 (Oculus Rift), Jul 30, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Jul 30, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Sep 11, 2017 (Oculus VR)

Onward is the most immersive tactical VR shooter. Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit

18
playing now
68%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (478 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 186k–419k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,303 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2019-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35735720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2932026-08-06 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$0.002016-08-302025-01-022016-08-30 — best price $24.992017-06-22 — best price $19.992017-09-18 — best price $24.992017-12-21 — best price $14.992018-04-23 — best price $24.992018-07-19 — best price $14.992018-09-24 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $24.992019-06-06 — best price $12.492019-07-10 — best price $24.992019-10-01 — best price $17.492019-11-04 — best price $0.002020-03-16 — best price $12.492020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $16.242020-12-12 — best price $24.992021-06-24 — best price $17.492021-11-01 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $12.492022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-02-13 — best price $17.992023-09-05 — best price $24.992023-12-04 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $18.742024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteamVR Collectibles

Player tags

VRFPSWarIndieActionShooterViolentMilitaryTacticalRealistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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